The Red Raiders of Texas Tech travels to West Lafayette, Indiana in this matchup to clash with the Purdue Boilermakers. The tip-off on this game at 8:57 PM. For those handicappers out there making expert picks on the game, the home line is set at -2.0 while the total is hung at 138.0.

The Texas Tech Red Raiders (23-8) hold a road record of 6-7 record on the road and are 6-7 on the road when betting the Vegas line. As for the game total, Red Raiders road games have gone over the total 6 times and 7 have landed under the total.

The hometown Purdue Boilermakers (28-6), have a record on their home court of 21-4 and are 11-13 against the spread. Those who are betting basketball picks on the total will note the Boilermakers record of 13 over and 10 under here at Mackey Arena.

Here is a quick look at the early public action on the game, which reflects overnight betting, as reported by participating sportsbooks.

Betting Texas Tech against the spread(2.0): 58%

Betting Texas Tech to win straight up(116): 52%

Betting Purdue against the spread(-2.0): 42%

Betting Purdue to win straight up(-136): 48%

Betting Over the Total(138.0): 62%

Betting Under the Total(138.0): 38%

These reports are particularly of interest to "steam" bettors and "consensus" junkies. We like to look at these numbers in contrast to the value that we see in the line. If public trends are eating at our perceived value, we prefer to get in on the games early and capture a good number, but if the trend is on the wrong side, we may prefer to wait and make our bets closer to game time to milk another half point or more out of the number.

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We selected this game as a free opinion today because we do not have a premium selection on it but we have done really well betting on or against Boilermakers games (6-1/85.70%) and we feel we have our finger on the pulse of this matchup.

This opinion all comes down to "value" or "false value" and we make that determination by looking at the point spread as it is (Purdue -2.0) compared to where we feel it should be (Purdue -7). From there we decide if there is any value or false value in the number by examining the public perception on the game, the early public betting trends and the situational trends in this particular matchup.

Jimmy McGuire says, take the Purdue Boilermakers -2/-106(Record for Professional Handicapper Jimmy McGuire betting on or against the Purdue Boilermakers: 6-1/85.70%, +4940.00)

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